30th Sep 2015 05:49
LONDON (Alliance News) - Pearson PLC is set to acquire the company which is overseeing the UK's National Citizenship Test in the first deal it has sought to strike since selling the Financial Times and its stake in The Economist, Sky News reports.
Pearson is set to announce a deal on Wednesday to acquire the e-assessments arm of Learndirect, which is currently owned by private equity firm LDC.
The move will accelerate a push at Pearson to focus its strategy on its education and training business and will mean the company keeps hold of the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency's testing mandate, thought to be the biggest online assessment contract in Europe.
http://news.sky.com/story/1561149/pearson-snaps-up-uk-citizenship-test-provider
By Sam Unsted; [email protected]; @SamUAtAlliance
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